The event will be held from March 24 to 29 in Hurghada, Egypt, and organized by Royal Dream Tours in cooperation with Colona Watersports under supervision of the Egypt Sailing and Rowing Federation, and the IKA.

A total of 20000 EUR in prize money are up for grabs as well as important points for the IKA course racing world ranking to qualify for the 2013 world championships.

Application for a starting place must be made until 15.02.2013 latest. Applications received after this date are only accepted with IKA approval and subject to a 50 Euro late fee

IMPORTANT NOTE: this is a limited entry event with 115 places for man and 65 places for women freely available, to be distributed as follows: